The same day Taylor Swift posted a message encouraging her followers to register to vote, over 35,000 people reportedly made a “Run (Taylor’s Version)” to do so on Vote.org.
“Vote.org saw record-breaking traffic to our site this week as we celebrated National Voter Registration Day, a highly encouraging sign of voter enthusiasm especially among newly eligible voters. Time and time again young people are showing up and demonstrating they care about their rights and access to the ballot box,” Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org said in a release.
The American multi-genre singer-songwriter’s post also linked to the organization’s website, according to the release. In the Instagram post, Swift called on her army of fans, also known as “Swifties” to “[r]egister to vote in less than 2 minutes” via the nonprofit’s site.
I find it cringe that a celebrity has so much sway with her fans that all the very real, very important reasons to vote don’t sway them,but her asking them does sway them.
To be fair, most people don’t listen or care to listen to politics. Don’t blame them.
But many DO listen and care about their entertainment. I’ll take it if it means people who wouldn’t get involved do now. Especially if her fans are of the younger progressive variety.
That’s exactly the point OP made
There’s a reason Woodie Guthrie wrote “This Machine Kills Fascists” on his guitar.
Not a fan of her music at all, but I’m now a fan of her as a person.
You should read some interviews she gave around 2020-2022! She talks about 2016 onward and how she decided that she needed to be political and start using her influence.
On a more subtle note, she used to hold really large 4th of July parties, but those fell off in like 2017-18 because of her distaste for the state of things.
I know I sound like her publicist haha. Her music helped me out when I was younger, but it helped me out even more during the pandemic when I was in a pretty rough spot. I think it was Folklore where she went from a more pop sound to a folksy sound, and I absolutely love it. Her music then onwards has been really introspective and self critical and brutally honest. It’s incredibly relatable.
It was her publicist that made her have those parties and never give any political statements. 2018 coincided with when she left her old publisher. She has talked about being pushed to apolitical as possible so as to appeal to conservative America.
That sounds right. I can’t remember what she said exactly, but I could swear she also said once that she was taught in country music to be apolitical and not speak out.
I have to say, I’m really glad she left that publicist. She seems genuinely happier.
Nice of her to do this, but I have to say, for someone who can break Ticketmaster’s website due to sales volume, 35k is kind of paltry.
I guess it’s nice that so many people registered, but how many will actually vote come election day?
Lets ask Taylor or the Kardashians to tell them to go to vote.
This is crazy
I’ll admit it. I do listen to her songs.
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There’s a tendency for people to look down on stuff that is too “mainstream” while simultaneously ignoring why it is popular.
You’re goddamn right
SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME STANDING IN A WHITE DRESS STANDING IN THE SUNSET BABE
I was listening to NPR the other day and there was a segment where they were just talking to a convicted murderer, in prison, who was raving about how much he loves Taylor Swift. I’m not sure what the point of the segment was other than that Taylor Swift is very popular.
It’ll be an interesting thing to see how this affects politics. Swift’s core demographic- young, relatively affluent white women- don’t have the best record when it comes to turning out to vote, so if she mobilizes significant change there that could make a difference. On the other hand, affluent white women that do vote have tended in recent years to vote for the patriarchy. Will an influx of younger women voters, especially those with Roe on their mind, shift that trend?
Taylor Swift is a very outspoken Democrat and her fans know it. Pretty safe to say that most of her fans lean that way as well. They may or may not actually show up on election day.
this is the lamest reputation laundering I’ve ever seen
she has several hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate during a housing crisis and she owns a private jet during a climate crisis. She is directly responsible for hundreds of deaths by pathologically excessive emissions and hoarding, and she will be responsible for hundreds more. Her net worth is $740 million, if she actually cared she could slap together a canvassing campaign to get a million people registered for one percent of her net worth, or she could just buy a couple senate seats for barely any more. But she doesn’t, because this is advertising that didn’t cost her a cent and only took a single tweet.
Don’t fall for it.
Of course, she’s a rich white person
Taylor Swift the white racist with the nazi fanbase? Oh great
Huh?
